WEBVTT INVESTIG ATION IS LAUNCHING A NATIONWIDE PROGRAM TO STOP PEOPLE FROM POINTING LASERS AT AIRCRAFT. THEIR INCENTIVE...LOTS OF REWARD MONEY! WLKY'S ANN BOWDAN JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM LOUISVILLE'S FBI HEADQUARTERS OFF BLANKENBAKER ROAD WITH MORE..ANN.. LEXY, THE FBI HAS DECIDED TO ASK THE PUBLIC TO BE THEIR EYES AND EARS AGAINST THOSE CRIMINALS WHO PURPOSELY POINT LASERS IN THE SKY..AT AIRCRAFT..FOR THE NEXT 90-DAYS. IT COULD MEAN A QUICK 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS. "Today the fbi is announcing an awards program that has a reward for anyone who has information leading to the arrest of anyone pointing a laser at an aircraft." ACCORDING TO THE FBI, FROM 2005 TO 2013, THE INCIDENTS OF PASSENGER PLANES OR HELICOPTERS BEING HIT BY A LASER BEAM FROM THE GROUND.. HAS INCREASED 11- HUNDRED PERCENT ACROSS THE NATION. THE INCIDENTS USUALLY HAPPEN AT NIGHT..OR IN THE EARLY MORNING..SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN 3 AND 4AM. FOR A PILOT..WHEN A LASER HITS THE COCKPIT..THE LIGHT SCATTERS ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD AND INTO THE COCKPIT..BLINDING THE PILOT. THE FBI SAYS IT'S A DANGER TO ALL OF THE PASSENGERS ON BOARD AND TO CITIZENS ON THE GROUND IF THERE'S A CRASH. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INCIDENTS IN LOUISVILLE. BUT THE FBI WANTS ARRESTS. SO FOR 90-DAYS..THEY'RE LAUNCHING THIS AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN..AND OFFERING REWARDS UP TO 10- THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR AN ARREST. NO CONVICTION IS NEEDED FOR THE REWARD..JUST AN ARREST OF PERPETRATORS. "And so we are asking the public if you know of anyone who's doing this or thinking about doing this or if you see it happening..call the FBI, call 9-1-1, authorities because of the dangers it can cause because of what it does in the cockpit of a plane." NOW HERE ARE SOME IN 2012..THERE WERE 43 INCIDENTS REPORTED. IN 2013, THERE WERE 99. AND SO FAR THIS YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN 18 INCIDENTS REPORTED. REPORTING LIVE AT FBI